Presentation for Lakeview Institute 2010

1. Plugging In
Leveraging Technology for Student Engagement

2. “To teach is to learn twice.”
- Joseph Joubert

3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rltherichman/4357896793/
Shelley Paul | Lakeview Institute | July 2010
shelley (dot) paul @ gmail.com | @lottascales

4. This is not a session about tools.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaworukoneru/2230794481/

5. It’s about instructional design.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/opalsson/4389245043/in/photostream/

6. It’s not about adding onto
your already full plate.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/santos/4650054828/

7. It’s about seeing with fresh eyes.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dolmansaxlil/4800341268/

8. It’s not about
“integrating” technology.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aftab/2683898610/

9. It’s about lighting up learners.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterhack/3109603395/

10. What is engagement?

11. A willing immersion.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianauer/2599299352/

12. Engaged Learners...

13. Deeper Successful
Better Retention
Understanding Transferrence
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14. Schlechty’s Five Types
Engagement
Strategic Compliance
Passive Compliance
Retreatism
Rebellion
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theloushe/4697199611/

15. You, as a
learner...
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16. You, as a learner...
What motivates you to learn?
What must you have in order for your learning
to be successful?
What causes you to pay attention, even if the
topic you are studying is not your favorite?
What makes you shut down?
Adapted from: http://www.angelamaiers.com/2008/04/engagement-plea.html

17. How can you create/avoid those
conditions in your classroom?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/csessums/4475297000/

18. Ten Design Qualities
of Engagement
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19. Define the what...
‣ Content & Substance
‣ Organization
‣ Product standards
‣ Protection for risk-taking

20. Deliver the why...
‣ Product focus
‣ Affiliation
‣ Affirmation of Performance
‣ Authenticity

21. Design for the brain...
‣ Choice
‣ Novelty & Variety

22. Brain Rule # 4:
We Don’t Pay Attention
to Boring Things.
http://www.brainrules.net/attention http://www.flickr.com/photos/emokr/309215062/

23. It’s not about technology, but
technology does matter...

24. ...because now the world is our classroom.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barkbud/4658966564/sizes/l/

25. Ten Design Qualities
+ Digital Tools
http://www.flickr.com/photos/myworks/4545716715/

26. Content & Substance
‣ May be mostly non-negotiable
‣ Look for ways to let students create
content...

27. Organization
‣ Questioning Toolkit
‣ Differentiation with Tech (Vicki Davis)
‣ Digital Organizers & Scaffolding
Webquest, Delicious, Backchannel, Wallwisher, Shared
Tags; Posterous; Pathfinders; NoodleQuest
‣ Netvibes Portal - Veteran’s Issues Project
‣ Digital Learning Farm (Alan November)

28. Product Standards
‣ Let students help define assessments:
‣ TED Talks for presentations
‣ Podcast & Wiki critiques
‣ Search for examples & non-examples
‣ Rubric generators
‣ Ask them what matters!

29. Protection for Risk-Taking
“If you aren't making mistakes, you're not learning —
or, at least, you're not learning enough.” - V. Nayar
“When blogging with students, gauge the quality of
the ideas, not the quality of the writing.” - @braddo
Online Galleries of Thought - @dkuropatwa
Mindset - Carol S. Dweck

30. Product Focus
‣ Zoe’s Story...
‣ Help with Bowdrill
‣ International Cooking Show
‣ Scratch Community

31. Affiliation
‣ Skype to experts & peers - 50 Ways
‣ Wiki projects - Great Debate 2008
‣ Peer mentors - WN News, TechYes
‣ Voicethread - Learning Languages
‣ Produce videos or podcasts - Room 208

32. Affirmation of
Performance
‣ Publish, share and spread the word!
PS22 Chorus, Grace Lin, Jack’s Monster Cards
‣ Teach others - Our City Podcast, MathtrainTV
‣ Contests: Be a Famous Writer; Green Cup
‣ Invite feedback - School community, experts,
partner classes; Twitter, Comments4Kids

33. Authenticity
‣ Remember Zoe’s Story...
‣ 25 Days to Make a Difference
‣ Building Legacy with Wikipedia
‣ Aerial Hunting of Wolves
‣ Green Cup Challenge

34. Novelty & Variety
‣ This is an easy one! Change it up!
‣ Vocabulary: Comics, Video, Poster, Flickr,
Animoto, Quizlet, Google News)
‣ It’s about what you do, too!
(Remember Brain Rule #4)

35. Choice
‣ Offer choices (digital & non-digital)
‣ Not too many
‣ Remember “Product Standards”

36. Putting it all together...
Developing Expert Voices - a project
developed by Darren Kuropatwa
Example: Survivor: Calculus Islands

37. Twitter Summary
(with a nod to Dan Pink)
To engage students, let them create
content that matters and contributes.
Use digital tools to connect them
constructively to the world.

38. “To teach is to learn twice.”
- Joseph Joubert
What will you and your
students “learn twice” together?

39. Dan Pink’s DRIVE
(cocktail party summary, part I)
“When it comes to motivation, there’s a gap between
what science knows and what business education
does. Our current business school operating system–
which is built around external, carrot-and-stick
motivators–doesn’t work and often does harm. We
need an upgrade. And the science shows the way. “
changes in red by @lottascales

40. Dan Pink’s DRIVE
(cocktail party summary, part II)
“This new approach has three essential elements:
1. Autonomy – the desire to direct our own lives.
2. Mastery – the urge to get better and better at
something that matters.
3. Purpose – the yearning to do what we do in the
service of something larger than ourselves.”

41. Thanks!